Plant Cultivation II: Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Tissue Culture, Genetics and Extraction…

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This laboratory companion course coordinates with BIO3510 . Students have the opportunity to implement the techniques and equipment used to propagate plants from cells, seeds and mature vegetative cuttings, via hydroponic, aquaponics and tissue culture systems. The application of biotechnology to optimize and create economically valuable plants are discussed and applied. Students learn how to harvest targeted parts of the plant and are introduced to chemical extraction techniques used to isolate bioactive compounds for medicinal purposes.